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KidsPlay

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Address: 47 Jennifer Street Seventeen Mile Rocks 4073 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.riverlifechurch.org.au

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24.01.2022 Here’s a fun story to brighten your Tuesday! Hope you’re all staying safe and well. Or maybe you’re feeling like a Wonky Donkey all cooped up at home.

23.01.2022 Join us for church this morning!!!! Click the link below!!!!

23.01.2022 Remeber No KidsPlay today. We will see you next week

22.01.2022 What an absolute LEGEND!!!! Grammy Becky shows us big kids how to prepare coloured pasta for our littlies to make colourful pasta necklaces. Now I’m hungry!

20.01.2022 PEEK A BOO!!! Grammy Becky is back with more fun for us on this chilly Tuesday morning. https://youtu.be/7EBVXOFYU5M

18.01.2022 We hope you’re having a marvellous week. One of our Kidsplay Grammies (Becky), enjoyed getting out of the house this morning to take you on a bear hunt!!! We will be seeing a lot more of her in the coming weeks. Enjoy!!!

16.01.2022 Keeping it real // Anna Ng We had a season where my son refused to stay in his bed. It was a hard season of long bedtimes and I still remember one night in particular Archie was 2.5 years old, Maisie was 3 months old and Lee was overseas. I found myself dreading the coming nights and having internal freak outs. On this particular night, after a lot of him coming out and me putting him back to bed, I had fallen asleep with him in his bed and woke at around 11pm. As I snuck o...ut of his room because Maisie was due for a feed, he followed me again, crying and wanting me to stay. I snapped. I yelled things I am not proud of and the look in his little eyes, filling with tears and full of fear made me feel so incredibly awful! The next morning I turned to God because I wanted to be bigger than my emotions. I was feeling so tired and overwhelmed, and was so conscious of how long it was going to be before Lee came back. I feel like God then gave me a clue as to what was at the root of his behaviour. While I’m sure there was a little bit of 2 year old disobedience and stubbornness, the main cause of his behaviour was actually fear. God gave me the wisdom to try a completely different approach, and I had some amazing peace, grace and love for Archie. I decided instead to stay calm, and to consistently remind him that as well as having his soft toy to cuddle, Jesus was always there with him too and would never leave him. Things very quickly changed and our bedtimes became a more peaceful experience. This has become something that we continue to do with our kids around bed time - we remind them that they have Jesus with them, and that because of him they have power which is greater than anything they might be experiencing. We’ve not really had problems with nightmares with any of our children, and I believe a large part of that is because of some of these practices we have adopted. I’ve learned that sometimes the occasions when they are afraid are actually times when they are growing in their discernment. They (Archie in particular) have always been sensitive to scary images (like movie advertisements on bus shelters or characters in cartoons) and as we encourage them that while what they are feeling might be real, they also know that the God that they know is greater than anything in this world. As their maturity and discernment grows, they can reject the fear caused by these things and speak peace over every situation through the power of Jesus.

14.01.2022 Some more fun this morning with Grammy Becky!!

13.01.2022 Happy Tuesday!!! This morning we have the very clever Annie (and Marley) Mckinnon, showing us how to create our very own sensory bags. These are great for kids of all ages and SO easy to do. Hit the link below for a fun tutorial. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/NTp2QTCB5Hc

13.01.2022 Another Tuesday already?!?!?! Grammy Becky is back today with little Leo. Why don’t you sing and dance along with them this morning!

13.01.2022 What’s your go-to item when you pack the kids lunchboxes each day?

11.01.2022 Today’s a lovely day to be at the beach, enjoying God’s marvellous creation!!! Come along with Grammy Becky!! https://youtu.be/vLTarEc5q1U

10.01.2022 Happy Tuesday! Grammy Becky has a very cute helper for today’s story. We hope you’re staying warm on this chilly morning.

10.01.2022 Keeping it real // Petrea Taylor I have managed to keep two girls alive for 10 years now and I would not change one second of it. We have our good days, our bad days, our awesome days and our mummy needs to book an air bnb days. I have always tried my best to parent my girls in a way that shares my faith with them but I never realised how much my faith would play a role in shaping how I parent them. God has helped me so much along the way to see my girls as who he created... them to be, not just what I’m experiencing in a moment. There was a time in my life when the kids were young, where I I felt like I was failing my older daughter, she was starting to try out new behaviours and took to hitting her little sister, liking the toilet paper on the floor more than on the roll and pens went on skin never on paper....this was all really new behaviour and well I kinda didn’t like her much for a bit there. Each time she tried out something new, it felt like it was another pebble on a pile of naughty. I found myself having no patience with her, and even small things started to get a big reaction from me. I clearly remember a day when I called out to God with a what the heck am I doing god? I suck at this and that day I think I learnt the greatest lesson I have ever learnt as a parent. Forgiveness. God actually revealed to me in a tearful moment as I hid from my kids, that I needed to forgive my daughter. Sounds terrible, but It was so freeing. When I forgave her I was resetting my heart and not holding onto every bad choice she had made in the last month. When god forgives us, it is a full reset, we are not held to ransom for our past behaviour, and this is what my little munchkin needed. Today’s toilet paper was not yesterday’s hit. My daughter was not purposefully trying to destroy my life (I know we have all felt that at least once in our parenting journey) Today’s behaviour was just that, today’s behaviour. I remember that day when she came off time out, I was so less frustrated, I was dealing with just one issue, not a months worth of mistakes. I was able to see her as a little explorer again, instead of a weapon of destruction. So now, every night when I have had a hard day with my kids, I go in at night while they are sleeping (coz sometimes you should wait till after you forgive to talk to them, for their own safety ) and I ask God to forgive me for how I reacted today, I forgive them for how they made me feel and we reset, I have learnt that my girls deserve the same grace that Jesus shows me every time I come to him. I am so thankful for Gods forgiveness, and the way that it helps me to wake up each day and see my girls just the way that he does!!!

09.01.2022 If you’re looking for a fun outing tomorrow, why don’t you join a few Mums down at the new UQ playground, perfect for kids of all ages. We will be meeting from 1030am for a relaxed play date. Byo picnic rug and invite a friend. Hope to see some of you there! Address: Recreation Precinct Playground, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4067 Just look out for the group of sleep deprived mums (and a black and white checked rug).

09.01.2022 You’re in for a treat on this happy kidsplay Tuesday!! Grammy Becky shows us how to make the perfect playdough using ingredients we have at home! Enjoy.

07.01.2022 Happy Tuesday everyone. What a beautiful day to be outside!!!

06.01.2022 Book your little ones in for mini slam

03.01.2022 New KidsPlay Time......Spread the word KidsPlay will now be 9-10:30 for term 2. We noticed lots of you come straight from school drop off and wanted to trial changing the time to suit. This will also mean you can get bubs home in time for that very important lunch time nap. And our Amazing team of volunteers have time to pack up after to get their little ones home too. Please tag a friend in the comments so we can make sure everyone knows. See you next week at 9AM

03.01.2022 Keeping it real // Lauren Jones I'm a very blessed mum of 3 beautiful kids - a 4 year old, 2 year old, and a baby. Wild times at my house! I know these are the years that I will miss so much, but far out they are hard work! Some may remember the time I was having my 3rd baby, especially because I look a lot like Bella Hadid when I'm pregnant (lols- I am actually very hairy and sweaty and wear too much bodycon). Around this time I had a huge struggle with fear and doubt about... myself as a mum- Was I parenting well? Was 'survival mode' OK if it lasts for 3 years straight? Would they grow up to be good people? Were they watching too much TV? Was I praying with them enough? Reading enough (any) books? Was I working too much? How many meals came out of packets today? (answer: 10) How do I discipline? How many people did they push over? (answer: 32) Was I too shouty? (yes) Etc. Etc. Then I started having intrusive thoughts about all the ways I could fail to protect my kids. Ways they might get hurt, or worse, when I was meant to be looking after them (honestly 3:1 is very intimidating!). It was awful and dark and kept popping into my mind as though I had no control over it. After some weeks, my sleep deprived self finally realized I should pray about this. So I did. And God gave me peace. He showed me that these beautiful babies are not just my children, but His precious, beloved children. He showed me how He is right there with me when I parent them. How intricately He cares about the day they have. And most importantly, the freedom of knowing He is the only one capable of loving and protecting them perfectly. I need to trust in Him & parent in His strength. I love how this verse below tells us that we can do good, but HOW MUCH MORE He can do. PTL! He's a good, good father!! Matthew 7:11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him

01.01.2022 Happy Tuesday everyone!! Maybe you could make your own hat today? If you do, be sure to send some pics!